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Topic: How I solved my "no sound" issue. (Read 164563 times)

I noticed a lot of people complaining about not getting sound from tab-casting, youtube, netflix, or what-have-you. And when I first hooked up my ChromeCast, I had the exact same problem and I fixed it very easily. I know that a lot of people, once they fix their issue, don't bother to report back and explain what they did, thus leaving the community with un-answered questions. Now, that being said, I'm not saying my fix will fix your issue, but it fixed mine and it should be at least considered "noteworthy".

First, my setup:I have a 50" Vizio 1080p HDTV that I bought from Sams Club in late 2012 around Christmas time. Model number: E500I-A1

The router I'm using is a Netgear N600.

This is what happened:I plugged it in, set it up via the software on my Late 2013 27" iMac and everything worked flawlessly (as far as setup goes). The video was 1080p, streaming was amazing, delay between pause/play to TV was less than 1 second. But there was no audio.

I tried various steps, troubleshooting, and changing ports, resetting up the device, etc, all to no avail. So what solved it?

Turning off the TV, and turning it back on.

I pressed play on a video that would run longer than a few minutes, and rebooted my TV, when it came back on, I heard the sound. The video was still outstanding. So maybe that is the problem with a lot of these reports. I just wanted to report how I fixed my issue.

My issue occurred when trying to cast the Google Play movie trailers in the Google Play App from my Note 5 to the Vizio TV.

There was video but no audio.

I could 'reboot' the Chromecast on the Vizio (via the Google Home App on my Note 5 in the 'card' for the Vizio, under Devices, click the 3-dot icon top right for menu/Settings options and select 'reboot') but that would only correct the audio for 1 Play of that trailer. If I tried to play any other content, the audio was once again missing.

I read these posts and played with Vizio Settings.

The Fix:

Vizio Menu >> Audio >> Analog Audio Out >> select "Fixed".

That should not have any effect on the Chromecast Ultra or casting, but it does.

reply to # 1 on:My setup is Samsung 47" HDTV w/ 5.1 surround sound (only using 3.1), Pioneer 1019AH AVR, Samsung Blu Ray & Tivo Bolt.Tried most of the suggestions to no avail. Wanted to maintain 3.1 stereo without having to go into settings and change speaker setup. Simplest solution was to unplug CC and plug it into the available HDMI on the AVR. Works great!! Requires changing HDMI (source) on both the TV and the AVR. My TV lists one of my TV's HDMI's as "Chromecast" and the AVR says the CC is using it's HDMI 2. I'm guessing all of the devices are now using the only "out" HDMI going to the TV for audio. I'm happy with it, as I only have to switch "sources" on both the TV and the AVR.